If a pitcher were to come up to the majors as a rookie and throw three shutouts in six starts near the end of the season, that player would probably get a chance the next season. Even if the pitcher was a 30-year old rookie, they would get another look. Tacks Neuer was all of those things, but he did not get another chance.
Neuer sort of came out of nowhere to make it in baseball. He made his professional debut at age-28 for the Wilkes-Barre Barons in 1905. Reportedly, Neuer had signed for the Detroit Tigers the year before, but nothing ever came of it and he ended up in Wilkes-Barre.